Risk and Failure Analysis for Improved Performance and Reliability

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Risk and Failure Analysis for Improved Performance and Reliability....Pages 1-41
NDT — An Aid to Failure Analysis....Pages 43-52
X-Ray Diffraction Techniques in Analysis and Prediction of Failure....Pages 53-73
Holography for Defect Detection on Artillery Projectiles....Pages 75-92
Ductile Fracture Analysis and Safety of Nuclear Pressure Vessels....Pages 93-111
Environmentally Assisted Fracturing under Sustained Loading....Pages 113-120
Fracture Mechanics Applications for Short Fatigue Cracks....Pages 121-140
Review of Contemporary Approaches to Fatigue Damage Analysis....Pages 141-194
A Note on Fatigue Scatter and Life Predictions....Pages 195-201
Environmentally Assisted Failures in Ordnance Components....Pages 203-224
High Temperature Environmental Effects on Metals....Pages 225-242
Effect of Wear on Performance and Reliability....Pages 243-261
Corrosion Fatigue Behavior of Coated 4340 Steel for Blade Retention Bolts of the AH-1 Helicopter....Pages 263-279
Microcircuit Reliability Characterization....Pages 281-302
Integration of CAD/CAM Systems for Production of Structural Components....Pages 303-312
Reliability Assurance of Aircraft Structures....Pages 313-325
Neutron Radiography Utilizing Selected Energy Interactions....Pages 327-340
The Application of Modern Analytical Instrumentation Techniques to the Analysis of Explosive Mixes....Pages 341-344
Back Matter....Pages 345-355